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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-2439
CVE-2023-2439:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The UserPro plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the 'userpro' shortcode in versions up to and including 5.1. This vulnerability was discovered and assigned CVE-2023-2439 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability affects the UserPro WordPress plugin, which is a community and user profile management solution. The issue specifically involves the 'userpro' shortcode implementation, allowing authenticated users with Contributor level access or higher to potentially inject malicious scripts (Wordfence).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this stored XSS vulnerability could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts that would execute in other users' browsers when viewing affected pages. This could potentially lead to session hijacking, credential theft, or other client-side attacks (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users of the UserPro plugin should update to a patched version beyond 5.1. The vulnerability has been addressed in subsequent security updates, as evidenced by the plugin's update history (CodeCanyon).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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